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David Maraniss - When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
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pros: Well written and researched.
cons: None.
Great Bio of a Sports Icon
First, it is refreshing to see a serious sports biography about a legend. So many sports and enterta... See Full Review
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pros: A good look at a legend of a man whose impact is stronger than ever.
cons: Perhaps not quite enough perspective from inside Vince's complex views on life and winning.
The Vince Lombardi Story: When Pride Still Mattered
"You are the Green Bay Packa's! Get out there and show them what that means!" Wit... See Full Review
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pros: Well- written; presents a detailed account of Lombardi's life and career
cons: None!
Winning isn't Everything.....It's the Only Thing!
Author David Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and associate editor for the Washington Pos... See Full Review
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pros: Vast research and a balanced portrait.
cons: Could be an easier read.
Serious biography
It doesn't take long for the reader to realize that this is a major look at the life of the legendar... See Full Review
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pros: Historical perspective of the game of football
cons: Slow starting, probably too much detail of early life and exended family.
Insight on a Sports Legend!
As a life long Packer fan and one who regarded the philosophy of Lombardi as a way of life for mysel... See Full Review
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pros: Wonder about success, this book is a great manual.
cons: Looking for a book all about football? Look somewhere else.
The Patron Saint of Football
A great, no-holds barred biography of Green Bay's beloved head coach of the Packers, Vince Lombardi.... See Full Review
Product Details
| Key Information | |
| Authors | David Maraniss |
| Nonfiction Category | Biography & Autobiography |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | <b><i>Denver Post</i>:</b> "Sharply written and rich in imagery, the cradle-to-grave narrative is bound by Maraniss' true strength: reporting....This is a gritty portrait of a paradoxical figure, a father for his boys in the locker room who was rarely around for his own kids; a chain smoker who went to church daily to pray for calm, for control of his own temper, for his wife's alcoholism. Maraniss plays it all beautifully against the backdrop of the 1960s, when Lombardi's Packers won the first two Super Bowls....[E]very nugget here is valuable in sketching the football coach who died in 1970 and the broader American legend that lives on. And in showing what winning did for and to Lombardi, Maraniss never once loses us along the way." |
| Book Editions | |
| Book Editions | <Edition><item name="format">Paperback</item><item name="edition">Reprint</item><item name="pages">541</item><item name="date">September 03, 2000</item><item name="publisher">Simon & Schuster</item><item name="measurements">9.25"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 1.5"(d), 1.35 lbs.</item><item name="isbn">9780684870182</item></Edition> |
| First Line | |
| Publisher's Note | Everything begins with the body of the father. At the turn of the century, when Harry Lombardi was a rowdy boy roaming the streets of lower Manhattan, his chums called him Moon. |
